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8:40 AM ET, January 28, 2026

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Washington Post:
Audio: Bari Weiss told staff that she wanted CBS News to appeal to political moderates, saying “we're for the center-right, and we're for the center-left”  —  The editor in chief said the network needs to produce journalism people want as she named a raft of new contributors from her website, the Free Press.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Bari Weiss announces a slate of new CBS News contributors, including pundit Mark Hyman and existing Free Press writer and conservative historian Niall Ferguson
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Staff meeting: Bari Weiss says CBS News will be “toast” if it clings to its broadcast audience and will put a “huge emphasis on scoops” and “scoops of ideas”
@erikwemple:
[Thread] Staff of WaPo's local section sent a letter to owner Jeff Bezos, pleading, “Don't eliminate our jobs”, and listing accomplishments in breaking news  —  Staffers at the Washington Post's local section have sent the letter below to owner Jeff Bezos. The request: “Don't eliminate our jobs.” [image]
Ellise Shafer / Variety:
The BBC names Rhodri Talfan Davies, currently its director of nations, as interim Director-General and confirms outgoing DG Tim Davie will exit on April 2  —  The BBC has named Rhodri Talfan Davies as its interim director general and confirmed that outgoing director general Tim Davie will exit in April.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Hill says it has “fortified” its breaking news team due to a “bonkers” US news cycle; Comscore says The Hill had 1.24B page views across 2025, up 7% YoY  —  The Hill has “fortified” its breaking news team to make the most of a “bonkers” news cycle in US politics.
David McCabe / New York Times:
TikTok says the new US entity has not updated its algorithm since the joint venture was announced, after users accused it of suppressing posts related to ICE  —  Some users had accused the app of blocking them from posting videos about Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  The app said it was a power outage issue.
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
TikTok settles a California lawsuit ahead of a landmark social media addiction trial; Snap recently settled the suit, while Meta and YouTube remain defendants  —  The settlement means TikTok will avoid a trial where plaintiffs had planned to argue that social media platforms are inherently defective …
Robert Booth / The Guardian:
The UK CMA proposes measures to let publishers opt out of content scraping for Google's AI Overviews and AI training without losing visibility in search results  —  News organisations hope proposals will increase leverage to get paid if content is used in AI summaries
Gretel Kahn / Reuters Institute:
How Cuban journalists report on the island from exile while facing financial, logistical, and safety difficulties  —  As journalists, we have to amplify their voices with our tools," says José J. Nieves from news site El Toque  —  Year after year, Cuba remains the worst country …
Jed Rosenzweig / LateNighter:
Stephen Colbert says the Late Show's series finale will air on May 21, the conclusion of a franchise that launched in 1993 with David Letterman  —  First on LateNighter: Stephen Colbert has set an official end date for his tenure behind the desk.  —  During a taping of Late Night …
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Sources: Google sends “cease and desist” letters to Kantar, halting Kantar and Barb's UK TV measurement tools comparing YouTube with linear TV and streamers  —  ‘Cease and desist’ letter forces Barb and Kantar to halt measurement service just months after its launch
Discussion: TheDesk.net
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Memeorandum data: WaPo's presence on the news aggregator plunged since a peak in Trump's first term, while the NYT recovered from a drop to grow in his second  —  Under Jeff Bezos, the paper retreated from the adversarial, anti-Trump posture that helped fuel its growth.  And now its influence has fallen sharply.
 
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